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10.3

STATISTICAL TESTS

Activity 1 Perform a one-small-sample hypothesis test for the population mean.

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The amount of money spent by 12 randomly selected customers at a supermarket is provided below. Enter the data in L1 and test the alternate hypothesis that the average spent is more than $75.

98

79

151

38

116

55

42

61

88

64

120

93

Alternate hypothesis is _______________

p = __________

Decision is to _______________ the null hypothesis that µo=75.

Activity 2 Perform a two-small-sample hypothesis test for the population means.

The time in minutes to assemble a product using two different procedures is provided below. Enter Procedure 1's times into L1 and Procedure 2's times into L2. Test the alternative hypothesis that Procedure 1 provides higher times than Procedure 2. Pool the standard deviations for the test.

Procedure 1

54

61

58

56

63

52

60

Procedure 2

50

56

56

59

53

47

52

Alternate hypothesis is _______________

p = __________

Decision is to _______________ the null hypothesis that µ1=µ2.

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